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Real Haunts in Wisconsin- Paranormal WI

Did you know Wisconsin is home to dozens of REAL Haunted Places? From haunted roadways and buildings where the dearly departed still lurk among us, to burial grounds and sacred places that are haunted by spirits who seemingly want to stay in this world, Wisconsin has some truly eerie landmarks and historical sites that are hot spots for paranormal activity. Wisconsin's Real Haunts are home to ghosts and spirits year-round - they're not your average Halloween Haunt. Find out all about Wisconsin's Haunted History, and learn all about haunted places across the state that are plagued with REAL ghosts, ghouls, apparitions, and things that go bump in the night!

The women's dorm at this college, Memorial Hall, is believed to be haunted. The apparition of a student who jumped to her death has been spotted. She jumped down an elevator shaft and witnesses say she doesn't appear to like men. Some stories say that her boyfriend pushed her down the elevator shaft. Black handprint have also been found in rooms and computers have turned on by...
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There are several locations at this university that are said to be haunted. One is the Center of the Arts, where chairs move across the room, apparitions are seen and unexplained hammering comes from the metal lab at night. The sound of someone walking down the stairs has been heard in the Delta Zeta House and a bathroom stall door slams in Clem Hall, along with apparitions and...
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This historic pub and grille was once a brewery and brothel but was renovated. It is rumored to have many active ghosts, according to paranormal investigators. Voices and sounds have been captured on audio recordings and videos have shown light flashes, orbs and anomalies. The ghosts that are said to reside here are Cowboys, a prostitute named Mary, several children, and previous...
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This Victorian-style mansion dates back to 1910 and is believed to be haunted by several spirits, both male and female. Reports here include apparitions, electronic voice phenomena, and strange things appearing in photos. The Blue Room of the mansion is said to be one of the most haunted spots in the place. One of the spirits has been identified as Suzanne, who enjoys wandering around...
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Summerwind was once known as Lamont Mansion and it dates back to the early 20th Century. It was once the home for the family of Robert Lamont and it is rumored that a ghost appeared to Lamont, and he thought it was an intruder, so he shot at it, evidence of what stayed in a wooden basement door for years. After Lamont passed away, a new family moved into the mansion and claimed to...
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Stories say that a man killed his wife and their four children before hanging himself in his barn, which is located next to the graveyard. Another story says that a Satanic cult used the barn for religious rituals at some point in time. And a third story says two boys were playing tag here after dark when a hand reached out of a grave and grabbed one of the boys' ankles. He died of...
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There have been quite a few ghostly encounters at this university, believed to have been brought on when nuns sold the buildings to the school. Students used to call one of the nuns Sister Sixtoes, and she allegedly did not want to give up her home and remained in the chapel until her death. The chapel is believed to be haunted by her spirit along with three of the dorm buildings:...
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A guest claimed to see man in the hallway wearing a dirty and torn flannel shirt and pants. He attempted to talk to the man but got no response. The security cameras captured the man speaking to someone who was not there. In the east wing of the hotel, its oldest portion of the building, is known to be haunted. In Room #209, a woman hanged herself after her husband was killed in an...
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Allen Cameron himself is believed to be the ghost that haunts the room of this house where his funeral was held. Objects have been said to move without explanation and people have also reported colf spots in that room. The bed in the room supposedly "shakes" and dishes crash to the floor without explanation. Other reports here include doors that open and close on their own and eerie...
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A former property owner was supposedly murdered here and is said to haunt the building as an apparition. Others have also been spotted here, one ghost likes to turn on the lights and water, scream and make noises. This location is no longer the Retlaw Plaza Hotel.
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The ghost that is said to haunt this restaurant is believed to be a man who once died on the premises. Witnesses have reported a misty figure that can be spotted in the back hallway near the bathrooms, near where the man passed away. Other reports here include objects that move on their own and cold spots.
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This cemetery is believed to be haunted by a ghostly white woman and flickering white lights. Others believe the white lady is actually a lifelike, illuminated statue and that the white lights are markers to brighten the walkways.
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The former owner of this home, Nicolai Holmbo hung himself in the front room of the house in 1904. Locals have claimed to see his apparition staring down into the street late at night. Moans and screams have been heard coming from the building and eerie flashes of light have been seen moving around the house, although the house has been abandoned for decades.
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This theater is said to be the home to a disgruntled actresses' ghost. The story says that after failing to get a part she wanted, the actress called Lacy hanged herself in the loft. Witnesses have reported sounds of crying, footsteps and electrical anomalies in the area.
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A tall man's apparition has been seen at this hotel wearing a top hat and wandering the halls. In many of the rooms, the scent of perfume has been reported and the spectre of a man has been seen in the bar of the hotel. Ghostly voices have also been heard, along with the sound of disembodied footsteps.
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This cemetery dates back to 1842 and is rumored to be haunted. A man's apparition has been seen next to a tree right behind the cemetery sign, and unexplained flashes of light have been seen flashing or shining on visitors. Reports say the public is not allowed on the property due to vandalism in the past.
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This Victorian-style mansion and museum features 42 rooms and is said to be haunted by a spirit who is often mistaken for the museum guide. The ghost is dressed in period clothing like the real guides are, but people feel a cold chill when she is near. The spirit is believed to be that of a former servant girl who was murdered by her husband. Historians say the mansion was once an...
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This building dates back to the early 1800's and although it is no longer the Cobble Stone Inn, it is rumored to be haunted. The inn was allegedly visited by Abraham Lincoln once and is the site of a mysterious disappearance. Stories say that one day, the owners of the inn suddenly vanished, never to be heard from again. Locals say their spirits still wander the premises to this day.
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This restaurant is no longer in operation but when the place was open for business, a ghost boy was said to haunt the place. The ghost was unknown until a picture of the boy who resembles the ghost turned up. Locals have learned that the name of the ghost is Carl.
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This inn dates back to 1879 and is said to have a haunted restaurant. A former employee named Kenny is believed to be the ghost that lingers, making himself known by turning on the TV and hiding things in the kitchen.
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The Flynn Steakhouse is no longer in operation but it was housed inside an 1868 building and had a haunted, unsed hotel upstairs. Misty white formations have been seen and were believed to be the ghost of Mary, a child who died here in the 1860's. Visions of a woman wearing a white dress, gas burners that turn on by themselves, unexplained noises such as a player piano or an object...
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This historic home once operated as a stagecoach inn, and now operates as a museum that has a resident friendly ghost. Reports have described a presence here for many years, known to be gentle. Rustling sounds have been heard in the bedrooms and some have even felt a gentle push.
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Witnesses in this bar have reported seeing "small brown men." This bar is housed inside a building that dates back to the 1880's and was converted into a tavern around 1933. Things are said to move around when you're not looking, and doors are known to lock by themselves.
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Built in 1885, the Old Opera House is known to be the home to a spirit who likes to move chairs and close doors. Two elderly apparitions have also been spotted standing in corners, watching people.
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The Italian restaurant that is located here is said to be haunted. Reports say the sound of footsteps seem to follow you in the basement, music plays upstairs when no one is there, and cabinet doors open and close by themselves. Ghostly figures have also been spotted in the basement.
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The bathroom in this saloon is said to have faucets that turn on and off by themselves. Ghostly voices have been heard inside the bar and witnesses have claimed to see a shadowy apparition on the ground floor.
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This inn is said to be haunted by mists, orbs, strange things that appear in photos, cold and hot spots, apparitions, phantom smells and sounds including flute-playing, whispering, moving furniture, breaking glass, and a child's running footsteps. On the second floor, a woman has been heard sobbing and Mr. Karsten himself is said to be one of the ghosts who haunt the place, along with...
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This hotel was supposedly the spot where the Gideon's Bible originated. It is also believed to be haunted by its original builder, Adam Bobel, who has been spotted by guests and employees of the hotel.
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This restaurant dates back to 1882 and is said to be haunted by a number of spirits. The first is that of former owner, Verna Moore, who has appeared in the basement and dining room. She has been known to converse with employees and moves furniture around in the upstairs hotel suites. A young man's ghost has also been seen, he was allegedly murdered during the 1920's in the attic. He...
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This cemetery dates back to 1850 and was established over a former Indian village and burial ground. The large graveyard contains over 110,000 gravesites including many famous names including beer barons such as Jacob Best and Frederick Pabst of Pabst Brewing Company fame and Joseph Schlitz and August Krug of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The co-founder of Harley-Davidson, William...
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This restaurant was once known as the Olden Days and once operated as a tavern in its early days. Reports of strange activity here include ghostly footsteps and the sound of pools balls hitting one another and rolling across the floor. Voices have also been heard in the storage areas along with vaporous clouds.
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This building dates back to the 1920's and was originally an all-make athletic club. A young girl's ghost is said to laugh inside and has been seen, along with things being thrown off the roof by disembodied hands. In the basement, visitors have reported a strong smell of bleach and a feeling that you need to get out of there. The building once operated as a shelter and its owner was...
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This inn sits inside a Victorian-style mansion that dates back to 1897 and it is believed to be haunted. Both employees and guests have reported seeing a woman wearing a maids uniform entering a ground floor room, only to find it empty upon investigating. The room the woman entered was the maids quarter's when the building served as a private home. Others have reported hearing piano...
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Stories say that a young mother lost her two sons near these railroad tracks and after desperately attempting to find them, she became so sad that she laid her body on the tracks and committed suicide. Moments before the train came, the boys supposedly jumped from the bushes where they were hiding and witnessed their mother being killed. The boys were later admitted to a mental...
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This university is said to have a couple of haunted spots. One is the Helfaer Theater where the apparition of a deceased artistic director has been seen and unexplained banging erupts on the catwalks. Humphrey Hall dorm building was once a children's hospital and ghostly children have been captured on the security camera monitors and have been heard crying, singing, laughing or...
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This theater is rumored to be haunted by a deceased employee that some say was the theater instructor or director. The ghost is known to make the lights go on and off and doors to open and close by themselves. Witnesses have also heard whispering and talking voices.
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This cemetery is also known as Cady Cemetery and is rumored to be haunted. Witnesses have claimed to have seen orbs, strange lights and an eerie fog. Growling and other unexplained sounds have also been reported here.
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This Victorian-style opera house dates back to 1883 and is believed to have a few spirits residing here. A longtime employee, Percy Keene, is believed to be one of them. He has appeared as a smiling ghost wearing round, shiny glasses. Apparitions have been spotted in the theater seats right next to living people and mysterious footsteps have been heard throughout the building. The opera...
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An eerie story is told about this hotel. It tells the tale of three children who were seen running around, as if playing tag, in a restricted area of the hotel. They had been seen on a surveillance camera, but when security went to check it out - the children were no where to be found, althrough they were still visible on the camera screens.
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This pub was closed for a few days for renovations after it was purchased by new owners in 2008. At this time is when eerie things supposedly began to happen, including bar stools being knocked over, electrical items acting up and apparitions. A paranormal investigation took place here and it brought up the fact that a former owner was murdered here. The ghost is said to still linger...
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This hotel was originally the Vivian Hotel and closed down in 2003 before being demolished in 2007. The hotel dates back to 1887 and was believed to be haunted by its original owner, who used Room #21 to commit suicide. Reports say there were 18 other deaths that took place at the location between 1970 and 2003, making many believe the owner's ghost was not the only one residing here....
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This lodge dates back to the 1940s and has a well-known ghost, the elderly Dr. Fred. He once lived on the third floor of the lodge but was hit by a car on the road right in front of the lodge.
He died from his injuries and makes himself known now by opening locked windows, slamming doors and moving things around.
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This hotel was originally built in the 1800's as a resort and once may have even been owned by Al Capone. It is nicknamed the Hotel Hell because of all the eerie occurrences here. The whole place is said to glow by the light of a full moon, a ghostly reminder of a 1920's fire. The apparitions of a young girl wearing a black dress has also been seen here, along with blood that appears on...
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This bed and breakfast dates back to 1877 and was once a hotel that rose to fame when John Dillinger visited and had lunch there. He was said to leave the waitress a $5 tip (which was a lot of money in that day). The location also once served as a boarding house, a nursing home and possibly even a bordello. The building is believed to be haunted by Philomae 'Mae' Kedrowski, a foul...
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Manitowoc Place was once the historic Evergreen Inn Hotel and the location is known to have several spirits residing in it. There have reportedly been many deaths here, which some believe have led to the hauntings. Pounding noises, blood that appears on the floors, and apparitions of people wearing 1900's style clothing dancing and dining have all been reported here. The elevator is...
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This restaurant was once known as the Sherman House Restaurant, which closed down due to paranormal activity. Plates and glasses would fly off the bars and counters and glass windows would shatter on their own. Doors have opened and closed by themselves and lights in the offices and restaurant act up frequently. In some of the room, witnesses have claimed that invisible forms have...
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This cemetery is believed to have phantom sounds of babies crying in the infant section, apparitions, voices that call the names of cemetery visitors and a monument that causes mechanical objects to fail.
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This cemetery is home to a statue of a young girl and a cross. Legend says that her apparitions appears from the statue and drowns itself in Lac La Belle, or that her statue's hands drip blood.
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A young man's apparition has been spotted at this coffee shop. Reports say he is dressed as a bellboy and appears in the downstairs of the building. An elderly woman's ghost has also been seen in the main lobby of the building. In 1880, a woman named Mrs. Paige died in the building, leaving many to believe that the spirit is her.
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This hotel dates back to 1892 and now houses a restaurant that is believed to be haunted since it was refurbished. Philip Koehring, the son of the original owner, is believed to be one of the recurring spirits here. He was murdered with a shotfun and dumped on a county road. Witnesses have reported seeing a man wearing an old-fashioned suit in different parts of the building. His...
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The ghost of A.W. Priest is believed to reside at this museum, the former owner of the location. Some say employees come in to open the museum for the day and they say good morning to the ghost! Witnesses have claimed to hear unexplained sneezing and have felt as if they were being watched.
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Stories say that a girl named Molly once lived above the saloon and that her ghost now haunts the building. Witnesses have reported hearing voices near the stage and have seen apparitions of figures wearing period clothing in the saloon mirrors. Cold spots have also been felt and kegs have been seen moving on their own in the cellar.
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This bed and breakfast dates back to 1894 and is believed to be haunted by patients of the drug and rehabilitation facility that was formerly housed in the building. Witnesses have heard a ghostly female voice, disembodied footsteps, liquor bottles going missing and have seen a male apparition in the basement.
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There are two buildings at this bed and breakfast that are believed to be haunted: The Henry Huson House and The Gilbert Huson House. It has been said that staff members are afraid to work in the buildings alone because of cold spots and eerie feelings. Footsteps have also been heard here along with the sounds of objects dropping.
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This historic home features 12 rooms and is actually shaped like an octagon, and it is also believed to be haunted. It now operates as a museum and is said to have a ghostly young boy whose apparition has been seen all throughout the house. Items have also moved or disappeared, doors have opened and closed on their own, footsteps have been heard, shadowy figures seen, cold spots felt...
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This college dates back to 1973 and is rumored to have at least 6 ghosts. One is known to be an evil presence, another is a group of children who laugh, a janitor, a poltergeist, a mother superior and a singing nun.
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Retlaw is Walter spelled backwards and the theater was once owned and operated by Walter Schroeder, who is believed to still linger the place in spirit. Witnesses have reported footsteps, creaking of theater seats, clapping, doors that open and close on their own, and figures that have appeared in the basement. The location is no longer the Retlaw Theater.
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The ghost stories that surround this park include the apparition of a female with no feet, who is sometimes holding a baby, floating toward visitors shouting "Go away and leave my baby alone!" Some say the ghost doesn't interact with the living, but only floats away into the woods. Others also say she does have feet, and can be spotted pacing near the waterfall. The crying baby has also...
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An eerie ghostly formation has been spotted here in the basement and the halls.
Some believe the ghost may be former headmaster, James DeKoven, who died in the building in the late 19th Century of natural causes.
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This cemetery has graves that date back as far as the early 1800's, one of which glows and another which sometimes sports a ghostly pay of shoes, according to stories. A man supposedly hanged himseld here and his apparition has appeared late at night. The location has also been featured on an epsiode of TV's Unsolved Mysteries.
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This inn and restaurant dates back to the 1800's and is believed to be haunted. Many think the spirit that haunts the place is a man who was hanged from the tree outside by an angry mob after he stole a horse from his neighbor. Witnesses have reported seeing floating heads and feeling cold gusts. The ghost is known to be quite mischievous, playing tricks like locking employees in the...
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This park was established in 1952 on the site of a Mississippian settlement from the 10th-13th centuries. Many eerie things are said to have been seen and heard around the site's earthen mounds. Many believe the mounds are haunted by the spirits of the anicent people who once resided here.
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A ghostly priest is said to haunt this cemetery, along with the sounds of a ringing bell, mysterious mists, eerie sounds and footsteps. The bell is believed to be from a phantom church that used to stand nearby before it burned down decades ago. Stories say that the basement of the church was once used for devil worship, leading to the dangerous paranormal activity here.
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The paranormal happenings at this restaurant are attributed to the fact that it sits on a Native-American burial ground. Witnesses have reported seeing apparitions wandering through the place and glasses have fallen and broken after closing time.
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Witnesses have reported unexplained footsteps, a toilet that flushes on its own and doors that open and close by themselves at this theater. Stories say that some actors showed up to work and found three lighted candles set up in a triangle around a rose on the stage.
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This building dates back to 1891 and was once a private residence, a hotel and a restaurant. The location is believed to be haunted since the turn of the 20th Century.
Witnesses have reported hearing sounds of glass breaking on the second floor, but upon investigation, nothing is broken. Many believe this recurring incident is attributed to the death of the town police chief, who...
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This historic building is believed to be haunted by its former owner, Irving Zuelke.
He has been spotted in the building, as well as a spirit that floats just as the torso of a man.
Also reported here is ghostly activity that is associated with a piano that is inside the building.
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This 30-room mansion dates back to 1880 and is now part of a historic park. It is believed to be haunted by unseen presences who make noise in the kitchen, giggle upstairs in the playroom, and have conversations with each other all throughout the house.
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The grave of Kate Blood is located at this cemetery and is known to be a spot of interest to paranormal enthusiasts. Some claim that on nights when there's a full moon, a bloodlike substance drips from the tombstone, a stone that is inexplicably warmer than the others nearby. According to local stories, Kate Blood killed her husband and three children. Others say she died of...
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This theater is believed to be haunted by local actor Lester L. Schultz, who is nicknamed Pinky. He died of a heart attack as he was leaving the stage in 1968. He had been a former Marine and was with the playhouse since 1960. His spirit continues to be active in the theater and he even likes to play pranks like he did when he was alive.
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This building dates back to the 1860's and was once a blacksmith shop, a saloon and a boarding house. Built by John B. Paul, the name comes from Irish immigrant, James Sheeley who, with his wife Kate, purchased the building in 1905 and took over. The building was being cleaned and touched up in 2001 and the new owner was surprised to find that when he tried to over a mural in the foyer,...
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The north end of this road becomes a dirt road and stories say that a man hanged himself here, followed by his wife because of all her grief, along with murdering her three children - a boy, girl and baby. It is said that if you drive slow on the dirt road at night, you'll experience the hauntings. A female's apparition wearing a dress with dark hair has been seen along with silhouettes...
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This theater began production in 1928 and it is the site of many unexplained noises and sights. There is said to be a resident ghost at the theater who may be a former theater manager who died more than a decade ago.
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This historic home was once owned by Doctor Julius Bellin, who is believed to be the ghost that lingers to this day. His apparition has been spotted in the parlour room in the early hours of morning.
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This cemetery is also known as Tabor Cemetery or Evangelical Church. Witnesses have claimed to see apparitions here and have felt cold spots and gusts. Some have even said they've seen the Virgin Mary or experienced stigmata (bleeding from the arms and hands) after leaving this cemetery.
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